So, let's see, Michael Beasley doesn't play during crunch time in Monday's one-point loss to the Cavaliers, and the following day, coach Erik Spoelstra offers, "You know how we do things here: It's about winning. It's about winning, period. And everything else falls under that."

Yet Mario Chalmers struggles mightily in the second quarter of that game, but apparently retains his backup minutes, with Spoelstra offering, "You come out of an emotional game like this and everybody wants to hit the panic button or make dramatic changes or look to one or two specific rotation decisions and say that's got to change. But you have to look at an overall trend, last five, last 10, to really see something. And it wasn't too long ago Mario was playing very well with that second unit."

So, to recap:

Michael Beasley plays well early against the Cavaliers, but somewhere along the way loses the right to play late.

Mario Chalmers plays well two weeks ago, is benched in the second half against Cleveland, but remains the backup point guard ahead of Carlos Arroyo.

There is no issue here, ever, with the "it's about winning, period" part.

That's good. Every game should be meaningful when you're meandering around .500, seeking that boost toward something better.

But might not Arroyo have provided such a boost in Monday's listless start to the second quarter? Wasn't he, just three weeks ago, the motor, to use Erik's vernacular, to the team's offense?

"Everybody wants to point to that four-minute stretch in the second quarter," Spoelstra said. "Let's be fair. It's a tremendous defensive team they're playing against. That's going to happen."

Fine.

But when is the last time Chalmers has been good, really good, in meaningful minutes? Two weeks ago against the Warriors? At the start of the month against the Hawks?

And when is the last time Beasley has been good, really good, in meaningful minutes? Last week against the Kings and Wizards? Just before that in Oklahoma City?

"Mike will get his chance. He will," Spoelstra said. "He’s getting better. You can see it. He's making plays, he's making reads, he's being more dependable defensively. He's still young. And he's gaining more experience in these situations. The more he sees these situations, the better he'll be. The thing about it, and I understand the interest and the panic from you guys out there, three or four years from now, nobody will even remember this, that he was going through a growth period now."

Fair enough.

The issue with Beasley, after all, is far bigger minutes, in far bigger spots, even as we wonder why he wasn't in with his team down one with 4.1 seconds to play.

With Chalmers we're merely talking backup minutes.

But now, right now, it is difficult to tell, based on the team's approach, which was the former first-round pick and which was the former second-round pick.

Beasley has filed with the State to change his name to:
Michael Beasley Haslem.
In order to trick Spo into leaving him in games longer
Posted by: FMB(Heat reflects Spo – SADLY) | January 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM
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Only thing left for him to do is get a sun tan after the name change. He grew the braids last year. Also heard he’s changing his jersey # to #48, in hope that Spo doesn’t realize it’s not #40.
Oops, almost forgot somebody better tell Beasley he needs to start chewing now, if he wants that mouthpiece to be as chewed up as Spo’s idol Udonis Hustle’m.
By the way, you should now by now
FUKKKKKKKKKKK ERIK SPOELSTRA!!!!!!!!

Beasley has filed with the State to change his name to:
Michael Beasley Haslem.
In order to trick Spo into leaving him in games longer
Posted by: FMB(Heat reflects Spo – SADLY) | January 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM
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Only thing left for him to do is get a sun tan after the name change. He grew the braids last year. Also heard he’s changing his jersey # to #48, in hope that Spo doesn’t realize it’s not #40.
Oops, almost forgot somebody better tell Beasley he needs to start chewing now, if he wants that mouthpiece to be as chewed up as Spo’s idol Udonis Hustle’m.
By the way, you should now by now
FUKKKKKKKKKKK ERIK SPOELSTRA!!!!!!!!

Beasley has filed with the State to change his name to:
Michael Beasley Haslem.
In order to trick Spo into leaving him in games longer
Posted by: FMB(Heat reflects Spo – SADLY) | January 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM
————————————
Only thing left for him to do is get a sun tan after the name change. He grew the braids last year. Also heard he’s changing his jersey # to #48, in hope that Spo doesn’t realize it’s not #40.
Oops, almost forgot somebody better tell Beasley he needs to start chewing now, if he wants that mouthpiece to be as chewed up as Spo’s idol Udonis Hustle’m.
By the way, you should now by now
FUKKKKKKKKKKK ERIK SPOELSTRA!!!!!!!!

Beasley has filed with the State to change his name to:
Michael Beasley Haslem.
In order to trick Spo into leaving him in games longer
Posted by: FMB(Heat reflects Spo – SADLY) | January 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM
————————————
Only thing left for him to do is get a sun tan after the name change. He grew the braids last year. Also heard he’s changing his jersey # to #48, in hope that Spo doesn’t realize it’s not #40.
Oops, almost forgot somebody better tell Beasley he needs to start chewing now, if he wants that mouthpiece to be as chewed up as Spo’s idol Udonis Hustle’m.
By the way, you should now by now
FUKKKKKKKKKKK ERIK SPOELSTRA!!!!!!!!

Beasley has filed with the State to change his name to:
Michael Beasley Haslem.
In order to trick Spo into leaving him in games longer
Posted by: FMB(Heat reflects Spo – SADLY) | January 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM
————————————
Only thing left for him to do is get a sun tan after the name change. He grew the braids last year. Also heard he’s changing his jersey # to #48, in hope that Spo doesn’t realize it’s not #40.
Oops, almost forgot somebody better tell Beasley he needs to start chewing now, if he wants that mouthpiece to be as chewed up as Spo’s idol Udonis Hustle’m.
By the way, you should now by now
FUKKKKKKKKKKK ERIK SPOELSTRA!!!!!!!!

Beasley has filed with the State to change his name to:
Michael Beasley Haslem.
In order to trick Spo into leaving him in games longer
Posted by: FMB(Heat reflects Spo – SADLY) | January 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM
————————————
Only thing left for him to do is get a sun tan after the name change. He grew the braids last year. Also heard he’s changing his jersey # to #48, in hope that Spo doesn’t realize it’s not #40.
Oops, almost forgot somebody better tell Beasley he needs to start chewing now, if he wants that mouthpiece to be as chewed up as Spo’s idol Udonis Hustle’m.
By the way, you should now by now
FUKKKKKKKKKKK ERIK SPOELSTRA!!!!!!!!

Beasley has filed with the State to change his name to:
Michael Beasley Haslem.
In order to trick Spo into leaving him in games longer
Posted by: FMB(Heat reflects Spo – SADLY) | January 27, 2010 at 12:54 PM
————————————
Only thing left for him to do is get a sun tan after the name change. He grew the braids last year. Also heard he’s changing his jersey # to #48, in hope that Spo doesn’t realize it’s not #40.
Oops, almost forgot somebody better tell Beasley he needs to start chewing now, if he wants that mouthpiece to be as chewed up as Spo’s idol Udonis Hustle’m.
By the way, you should now by now
FUKKKKKKKKKKK ERIK SPOELSTRA!!!!!!!!

Lately it seems the biggest point of contention on this blog is Beasley’s productivity. Well if efficacy is what we aim to measure, then let’s compare his stats to a former HEAT player who seems to be well regarded by most fans. Lamar Odom in his lone year in Miami averaged 17.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg on 43% shooting. These numbers, by most accounts, are fairly impressive. Enough so to draw league-wide recognition and an all-star bid. If we juxtapose Beasley’s number we saw that he averages 16.2 and 6.8 rpg, while shooting 46% from the field. That yields a disparity of .9 ppg and 2.1 rpg while averaging about 5 minutes less per game. While I’m not lobbying for Beasley to be selected for an all-star birth, it would be foolish to utterly disregard his productivity as average, or right-off the potential that he yields. Every month he’s seen a gradual increase in his averages, so why should we think that trend will abruptly change

Lately it seems the biggest point of contention on this blog is Beasley’s productivity. Well if efficacy is what we aim to measure, then let’s compare his stats to a former HEAT player who seems to be well regarded by most fans. Lamar Odom in his lone year in Miami averaged 17.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg on 43% shooting. These numbers, by most accounts, are fairly impressive. Enough so to draw league-wide recognition and an all-star bid. If we juxtapose Beasley’s number we saw that he averages 16.2 and 6.8 rpg, while shooting 46% from the field. That yields a disparity of .9 ppg and 2.1 rpg while averaging about 5 minutes less per game. While I’m not lobbying for Beasley to be selected for an all-star birth, it would be foolish to utterly disregard his productivity as average, or right-off the potential that he yields. Every month he’s seen a gradual increase in his averages, so why should we think that trend will abruptly change

Lately it seems the biggest point of contention on this blog is Beasley’s productivity. Well if efficacy is what we aim to measure, then let’s compare his stats to a former HEAT player who seems to be well regarded by most fans. Lamar Odom in his lone year in Miami averaged 17.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg on 43% shooting. These numbers, by most accounts, are fairly impressive. Enough so to draw league-wide recognition and an all-star bid. If we juxtapose Beasley’s number we saw that he averages 16.2 and 6.8 rpg, while shooting 46% from the field. That yields a disparity of .9 ppg and 2.1 rpg while averaging about 5 minutes less per game. While I’m not lobbying for Beasley to be selected for an all-star birth, it would be foolish to utterly disregard his productivity as average, or right-off the potential that he yields. Every month he’s seen a gradual increase in his averages, so why should we think that trend will abruptly change

Lately it seems the biggest point of contention on this blog is Beasley’s productivity. Well if efficacy is what we aim to measure, then let’s compare his stats to a former HEAT player who seems to be well regarded by most fans. Lamar Odom in his lone year in Miami averaged 17.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg on 43% shooting. These numbers, by most accounts, are fairly impressive. Enough so to draw league-wide recognition and an all-star bid. If we juxtapose Beasley’s number we saw that he averages 16.2 and 6.8 rpg, while shooting 46% from the field. That yields a disparity of .9 ppg and 2.1 rpg while averaging about 5 minutes less per game. While I’m not lobbying for Beasley to be selected for an all-star birth, it would be foolish to utterly disregard his productivity as average, or right-off the potential that he yields. Every month he’s seen a gradual increase in his averages, so why should we think that trend will abruptly change

Lately it seems the biggest point of contention on this blog is Beasley’s productivity. Well if efficacy is what we aim to measure, then let’s compare his stats to a former HEAT player who seems to be well regarded by most fans. Lamar Odom in his lone year in Miami averaged 17.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg on 43% shooting. These numbers, by most accounts, are fairly impressive. Enough so to draw league-wide recognition and an all-star bid. If we juxtapose Beasley’s number we saw that he averages 16.2 and 6.8 rpg, while shooting 46% from the field. That yields a disparity of .9 ppg and 2.1 rpg while averaging about 5 minutes less per game. While I’m not lobbying for Beasley to be selected for an all-star birth, it would be foolish to utterly disregard his productivity as average, or right-off the potential that he yields. Every month he’s seen a gradual increase in his averages, so why should we think that trend will abruptly change

Lately it seems the biggest point of contention on this blog is Beasley’s productivity. Well if efficacy is what we aim to measure, then let’s compare his stats to a former HEAT player who seems to be well regarded by most fans. Lamar Odom in his lone year in Miami averaged 17.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg on 43% shooting. These numbers, by most accounts, are fairly impressive. Enough so to draw league-wide recognition and an all-star bid. If we juxtapose Beasley’s number we saw that he averages 16.2 and 6.8 rpg, while shooting 46% from the field. That yields a disparity of .9 ppg and 2.1 rpg while averaging about 5 minutes less per game. While I’m not lobbying for Beasley to be selected for an all-star birth, it would be foolish to utterly disregard his productivity as average, or right-off the potential that he yields. Every month he’s seen a gradual increase in his averages, so why should we think that trend will abruptly change

Lately it seems the biggest point of contention on this blog is Beasley’s productivity. Well if efficacy is what we aim to measure, then let’s compare his stats to a former HEAT player who seems to be well regarded by most fans. Lamar Odom in his lone year in Miami averaged 17.1 ppg, 9.7 rpg on 43% shooting. These numbers, by most accounts, are fairly impressive. Enough so to draw league-wide recognition and an all-star bid. If we juxtapose Beasley’s number we saw that he averages 16.2 and 6.8 rpg, while shooting 46% from the field. That yields a disparity of .9 ppg and 2.1 rpg while averaging about 5 minutes less per game. While I’m not lobbying for Beasley to be selected for an all-star birth, it would be foolish to utterly disregard his productivity as average, or right-off the potential that he yields. Every month he’s seen a gradual increase in his averages, so why should we think that trend will abruptly change

There is a correlation between Beasley playing over 30 minutes and the Heat winning (5-2) and the Heat losing when he plays under 30 minutes (2-5). You can take it for whatever you like, but IMO the team with the betters player on the court usually wins and I’d say a guy putting up 21ppg, 8rpg on 51% shooting when he gets over 35 minutes is a pretty good player. But, maybe you disagree.
Posted by: JB (working on my sugar intake) | January 27, 2010 at 01:22 PM
To do this properly, I think you need to take into account Beasley’s minutes and production in the first half in the wins vs. minutes/production in the first half in the losses. I think where you are going with this is if Michael plays well, we win, which is probably the case when he gets 35+ minutes, but when Michael doesn’t play well, we lose, which is probably why he gets less than 30 min. I’m not sure if 1st half prod in wins vs. 1st half prod in losses is the right metric but I think you need to consider that if he played less than 30 min he may have been having a poor game and that is why we lost. Not that we lost b/c he played less than 30 min. If he was playing poorly we may have lost by even more if he played more than 30 min.

There is a correlation between Beasley playing over 30 minutes and the Heat winning (5-2) and the Heat losing when he plays under 30 minutes (2-5). You can take it for whatever you like, but IMO the team with the betters player on the court usually wins and I’d say a guy putting up 21ppg, 8rpg on 51% shooting when he gets over 35 minutes is a pretty good player. But, maybe you disagree.
Posted by: JB (working on my sugar intake) | January 27, 2010 at 01:22 PM
To do this properly, I think you need to take into account Beasley’s minutes and production in the first half in the wins vs. minutes/production in the first half in the losses. I think where you are going with this is if Michael plays well, we win, which is probably the case when he gets 35+ minutes, but when Michael doesn’t play well, we lose, which is probably why he gets less than 30 min. I’m not sure if 1st half prod in wins vs. 1st half prod in losses is the right metric but I think you need to consider that if he played less than 30 min he may have been having a poor game and that is why we lost. Not that we lost b/c he played less than 30 min. If he was playing poorly we may have lost by even more if he played more than 30 min.

There is a correlation between Beasley playing over 30 minutes and the Heat winning (5-2) and the Heat losing when he plays under 30 minutes (2-5). You can take it for whatever you like, but IMO the team with the betters player on the court usually wins and I’d say a guy putting up 21ppg, 8rpg on 51% shooting when he gets over 35 minutes is a pretty good player. But, maybe you disagree.
Posted by: JB (working on my sugar intake) | January 27, 2010 at 01:22 PM
To do this properly, I think you need to take into account Beasley’s minutes and production in the first half in the wins vs. minutes/production in the first half in the losses. I think where you are going with this is if Michael plays well, we win, which is probably the case when he gets 35+ minutes, but when Michael doesn’t play well, we lose, which is probably why he gets less than 30 min. I’m not sure if 1st half prod in wins vs. 1st half prod in losses is the right metric but I think you need to consider that if he played less than 30 min he may have been having a poor game and that is why we lost. Not that we lost b/c he played less than 30 min. If he was playing poorly we may have lost by even more if he played more than 30 min.

There is a correlation between Beasley playing over 30 minutes and the Heat winning (5-2) and the Heat losing when he plays under 30 minutes (2-5). You can take it for whatever you like, but IMO the team with the betters player on the court usually wins and I’d say a guy putting up 21ppg, 8rpg on 51% shooting when he gets over 35 minutes is a pretty good player. But, maybe you disagree.
Posted by: JB (working on my sugar intake) | January 27, 2010 at 01:22 PM
To do this properly, I think you need to take into account Beasley’s minutes and production in the first half in the wins vs. minutes/production in the first half in the losses. I think where you are going with this is if Michael plays well, we win, which is probably the case when he gets 35+ minutes, but when Michael doesn’t play well, we lose, which is probably why he gets less than 30 min. I’m not sure if 1st half prod in wins vs. 1st half prod in losses is the right metric but I think you need to consider that if he played less than 30 min he may have been having a poor game and that is why we lost. Not that we lost b/c he played less than 30 min. If he was playing poorly we may have lost by even more if he played more than 30 min.

There is a correlation between Beasley playing over 30 minutes and the Heat winning (5-2) and the Heat losing when he plays under 30 minutes (2-5). You can take it for whatever you like, but IMO the team with the betters player on the court usually wins and I’d say a guy putting up 21ppg, 8rpg on 51% shooting when he gets over 35 minutes is a pretty good player. But, maybe you disagree.
Posted by: JB (working on my sugar intake) | January 27, 2010 at 01:22 PM
To do this properly, I think you need to take into account Beasley’s minutes and production in the first half in the wins vs. minutes/production in the first half in the losses. I think where you are going with this is if Michael plays well, we win, which is probably the case when he gets 35+ minutes, but when Michael doesn’t play well, we lose, which is probably why he gets less than 30 min. I’m not sure if 1st half prod in wins vs. 1st half prod in losses is the right metric but I think you need to consider that if he played less than 30 min he may have been having a poor game and that is why we lost. Not that we lost b/c he played less than 30 min. If he was playing poorly we may have lost by even more if he played more than 30 min.

There is a correlation between Beasley playing over 30 minutes and the Heat winning (5-2) and the Heat losing when he plays under 30 minutes (2-5). You can take it for whatever you like, but IMO the team with the betters player on the court usually wins and I’d say a guy putting up 21ppg, 8rpg on 51% shooting when he gets over 35 minutes is a pretty good player. But, maybe you disagree.
Posted by: JB (working on my sugar intake) | January 27, 2010 at 01:22 PM
To do this properly, I think you need to take into account Beasley’s minutes and production in the first half in the wins vs. minutes/production in the first half in the losses. I think where you are going with this is if Michael plays well, we win, which is probably the case when he gets 35+ minutes, but when Michael doesn’t play well, we lose, which is probably why he gets less than 30 min. I’m not sure if 1st half prod in wins vs. 1st half prod in losses is the right metric but I think you need to consider that if he played less than 30 min he may have been having a poor game and that is why we lost. Not that we lost b/c he played less than 30 min. If he was playing poorly we may have lost by even more if he played more than 30 min.

There is a correlation between Beasley playing over 30 minutes and the Heat winning (5-2) and the Heat losing when he plays under 30 minutes (2-5). You can take it for whatever you like, but IMO the team with the betters player on the court usually wins and I’d say a guy putting up 21ppg, 8rpg on 51% shooting when he gets over 35 minutes is a pretty good player. But, maybe you disagree.
Posted by: JB (working on my sugar intake) | January 27, 2010 at 01:22 PM
To do this properly, I think you need to take into account Beasley’s minutes and production in the first half in the wins vs. minutes/production in the first half in the losses. I think where you are going with this is if Michael plays well, we win, which is probably the case when he gets 35+ minutes, but when Michael doesn’t play well, we lose, which is probably why he gets less than 30 min. I’m not sure if 1st half prod in wins vs. 1st half prod in losses is the right metric but I think you need to consider that if he played less than 30 min he may have been having a poor game and that is why we lost. Not that we lost b/c he played less than 30 min. If he was playing poorly we may have lost by even more if he played more than 30 min.

“I think that when the game is a blowout Beasley has no problem scoring in the 4th. When the game is close though, it’s a different story in the minutes that he does play.”
Wrong. The offense goes away from Beasley in the second half. In disgusting fashion everyone from chalmers to even Cook (the times he got to play) start hogging the ball and putting up shots like its recess by the time Beasley gets a shot He is both out of rhythm and having to Force shots because he doesn’t get the ball in his hands by design. At the Cavs Game Wade was scoreless for an eternity in the second half and Haslem gets setup for wide open shots and Ira is treating him like he walks on water. I’d like to see Beasley get wide open shot after wide open shot to see what happens. I don’t hear anyone calling Haslem Buckets unless they are talking about chicken!

“I think that when the game is a blowout Beasley has no problem scoring in the 4th. When the game is close though, it’s a different story in the minutes that he does play.”
Wrong. The offense goes away from Beasley in the second half. In disgusting fashion everyone from chalmers to even Cook (the times he got to play) start hogging the ball and putting up shots like its recess by the time Beasley gets a shot He is both out of rhythm and having to Force shots because he doesn’t get the ball in his hands by design. At the Cavs Game Wade was scoreless for an eternity in the second half and Haslem gets setup for wide open shots and Ira is treating him like he walks on water. I’d like to see Beasley get wide open shot after wide open shot to see what happens. I don’t hear anyone calling Haslem Buckets unless they are talking about chicken!

“I think that when the game is a blowout Beasley has no problem scoring in the 4th. When the game is close though, it’s a different story in the minutes that he does play.”
Wrong. The offense goes away from Beasley in the second half. In disgusting fashion everyone from chalmers to even Cook (the times he got to play) start hogging the ball and putting up shots like its recess by the time Beasley gets a shot He is both out of rhythm and having to Force shots because he doesn’t get the ball in his hands by design. At the Cavs Game Wade was scoreless for an eternity in the second half and Haslem gets setup for wide open shots and Ira is treating him like he walks on water. I’d like to see Beasley get wide open shot after wide open shot to see what happens. I don’t hear anyone calling Haslem Buckets unless they are talking about chicken!

“I think that when the game is a blowout Beasley has no problem scoring in the 4th. When the game is close though, it’s a different story in the minutes that he does play.”
Wrong. The offense goes away from Beasley in the second half. In disgusting fashion everyone from chalmers to even Cook (the times he got to play) start hogging the ball and putting up shots like its recess by the time Beasley gets a shot He is both out of rhythm and having to Force shots because he doesn’t get the ball in his hands by design. At the Cavs Game Wade was scoreless for an eternity in the second half and Haslem gets setup for wide open shots and Ira is treating him like he walks on water. I’d like to see Beasley get wide open shot after wide open shot to see what happens. I don’t hear anyone calling Haslem Buckets unless they are talking about chicken!

“I think that when the game is a blowout Beasley has no problem scoring in the 4th. When the game is close though, it’s a different story in the minutes that he does play.”
Wrong. The offense goes away from Beasley in the second half. In disgusting fashion everyone from chalmers to even Cook (the times he got to play) start hogging the ball and putting up shots like its recess by the time Beasley gets a shot He is both out of rhythm and having to Force shots because he doesn’t get the ball in his hands by design. At the Cavs Game Wade was scoreless for an eternity in the second half and Haslem gets setup for wide open shots and Ira is treating him like he walks on water. I’d like to see Beasley get wide open shot after wide open shot to see what happens. I don’t hear anyone calling Haslem Buckets unless they are talking about chicken!

“I think that when the game is a blowout Beasley has no problem scoring in the 4th. When the game is close though, it’s a different story in the minutes that he does play.”
Wrong. The offense goes away from Beasley in the second half. In disgusting fashion everyone from chalmers to even Cook (the times he got to play) start hogging the ball and putting up shots like its recess by the time Beasley gets a shot He is both out of rhythm and having to Force shots because he doesn’t get the ball in his hands by design. At the Cavs Game Wade was scoreless for an eternity in the second half and Haslem gets setup for wide open shots and Ira is treating him like he walks on water. I’d like to see Beasley get wide open shot after wide open shot to see what happens. I don’t hear anyone calling Haslem Buckets unless they are talking about chicken!

“I think that when the game is a blowout Beasley has no problem scoring in the 4th. When the game is close though, it’s a different story in the minutes that he does play.”
Wrong. The offense goes away from Beasley in the second half. In disgusting fashion everyone from chalmers to even Cook (the times he got to play) start hogging the ball and putting up shots like its recess by the time Beasley gets a shot He is both out of rhythm and having to Force shots because he doesn’t get the ball in his hands by design. At the Cavs Game Wade was scoreless for an eternity in the second half and Haslem gets setup for wide open shots and Ira is treating him like he walks on water. I’d like to see Beasley get wide open shot after wide open shot to see what happens. I don’t hear anyone calling Haslem Buckets unless they are talking about chicken!

IRA WINDERMAN is embarking on his 24th season covering the Miami Heat for the Sun-Sentinel, witnessing more than 1,900 of the team's games (thus the bags under the eyes and hair loss not truly depicted by the accompanying photo). With the help of antacids (during the lean years) and a sense of humor (during the Riley dictatorship), he has been able to remain a courtside fixture at AmericanAirlines Arena, a veteran 12 years older than coach Erik Spoelstra. Only former trainer Ron Culp had attended more Heat games, but, then again, Winderman has yet to tape his first ankle.